Expression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, p-hydroxybenzoate-m-geranyltransferase and genes of phenylpropanoid pathway exhibits positive correlation with shikonins content in arnebia [Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnston]

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Singh, Ravi S ^a   Gara, Rishi K ^a,b   Bhardwaj, Pardeep K ^a   Kaachra, Anish ^a   Malik, Sonia ^a   Kumar, Ravi ^a   Sharma, Madhu ^a   Ahuja, Paramvir S ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSMIDOMYCIN; GERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MEVINOLIN; P HYDROXYBENZOATE M GERANYLTRANSFERASE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SHIKONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; SHIKONIN;

ARNEBIA EUCHROMA; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; UPREGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE;

ARNEBIA; ARNEBIA EUCHROMA;

BORAGINACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PARABENS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES;

EID: 78650823447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-88     Document Type: Article

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